Hosta ventricosa, the blue plantain lily, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to southeast and south-central China, and introduced to the eastern United States.[2][1] It reproduces by pseudogamous apomixis.[3]
Hosta ventricosa | |
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Close-up of flowers | |
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In the wild in China | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Asparagaceae |
Subfamily: | Agavoideae |
Genus: | Hosta |
Species: | H. ventricosa |
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Hosta ventricosa | |
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Other common names; ... murasaki-giboshi, Savannah wood. Synonyms; Hosta coerulea var. latifolia, Hosta coerulea
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Hosta ventricosa |
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Bryocles ventricosa |
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